Remember about 10 years ago when Cyprus started confiscating money held in private bank accounts to settle government debts and the people holding cash kept their money because it was physically in their possession and harder to confiscate?

Remember earlier this year when people in Lebanon had to hold bank managers at gun point to try and withdraw money from their own accounts so they could buy basic goods as the economy collapsed?

The "CaSh hAZ nO PuRpOSe eXCePt fOR cRImE" crowd in this comment section have massive blind spots due to a general ignorance of monetary history. I'm not surprised politicians are laughing while taking advantage of it.